Price range: £229.00
What is it: Next-gen videogame console with 120GB hard drive and HDMI output
What we think: Top-notch gaming and digital media features make it the current games console of choice
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 2 May 2007
Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite, executive, noise, HD DVD
We like:
Excellent selection of games; HDMI port; large hard drive
We don't like:
Noisy DVD drive and cooling fan; gigantic power supply; no built-in wireless networking; no built in HD DVD drive
CNET UK judgement:
While it's neither a must-have upgrade for existing 360 owners nor as feature-packed as the PS3, the Xbox 360 Elite's combination of top-notch gaming and digital media features make it the current game console of choice
Full review:
Perhaps spooked by the success of Sony's PlayStation 3, despite its delays and hefty price tag, Microsoft has come up with an upgrade to its Xbox 360, less than 18 months after its initial launch. The Xbox 360 Elite is black instead of white, includes a 120GB hard drive (six times as capacious as the previous 360's, and twice as big as the PS3's), and sports an HDMI output for easier and better quality connection to HD Ready TVs. Continue Reading...
Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite History
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24 Nov 2009 in Crave
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17 Nov 2009 in Crave
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12 Nov 2009 in Crave
Microsoft kicks 1 million gamers from Xbox Live over piracy claims
As many as 1 million Xbox 360 customers have been banned from Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service as a result of alleged copyright infringement. Oops
15 Oct 2009 in Crave
Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm apps ready for Xbox 360
Microsoft is nearly ready to launch its delayed social-networking apps for the Xbox 360, and gave our sister site Crave US a sneak peek
5 Oct 2009 in Crave
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27 Aug 2009 in Crave
Xbox 360 Arcade price hiked, Elite price cut
From tomorrow, the Xbox without a hard drive or headset will cost almost as much the one that does. And the one that does is being discontinued. But at least the Elite model's cheaper
28 May 2009 in Crave
Sky TV coming to your Xbox 360?
Sky and Microsoft could be joining up to offer live TV and pay-per-view content on the Xbox 360. In other news, 9 million satellite dishes gently weep
26 Feb 2009 in Crave
Coldplay, extra Fable 2 and Universal films on Xbox Live: Area stoner totally psyched
Universal Films has joined Xbox Live with a conspicuous number of stoner comedies, plus there's new game content and Coldplay tracks. You'd have to be stoned not to want to sign up!
10 Feb 2009 in Crave
An Xbox 360 should be seen and not heard
If your Xbox 360 sounds like a jet engine attached to your TV, you might rather like the notion of getting one that is much, much quieter without the need to break out your screwdriver set
9 Oct 2008 in Crave
Hands-on with New Xbox Experience: Welcome to avatar city
Microsoft has named a date for the launch of its revamped Xbox Live service -- 19 November -- and we got our hands on it to see if hardcore fans have anything to worry about
17 Sep 2008 in Crave
Microsoft UK has announced price reductions on all Xbox 360 models -- ranging from £130 to £230, starting this Friday, it's now the cheapest console on the market
15 Jul 2008 in Crave
Xbox 360 updates at E3: Rock, roll and Final Fantasy XIII
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5 Dec 2007 in News
Xbox 360 gets video on demand in Europe
Xbox 360 owners in the UK, Ireland, France and Germany will be able to rent full-length films online from 11 December -- pricing starts at 250 Microsoft points
29 Nov 2007 in Reviews
Mass Effect presses all the old buttons
Maybe Mass Effect isn't the cutting edge of next-gen gaming, but I love it all the same -- it's the same comforting gameplay in a beautiful new universe
19 Nov 2007 in Crave
Xbox 360 update: Movies on demand and Xbox downloads
It's that time of year again, when rumours start to fly about what new functionality the next Xbox 360 dashboard update will bring to your console
26 Sep 2007 in Crave
Photos: Pharrell Williams plays Halo 3 on IMAX at UK launch
The massively hyped first-person shooter launched in London last night at the huge IMAX cinema, with a celebrity deathmatch involving rapper Pharrell, who was comprehensively whupped
20 Aug 2007 in News
Microsoft has lowered the retail price of its Xbox 360 console in the UK to £250 and also announced the 'estimated' price of the upcoming Elite edition
9 Aug 2007 in Reviews
Xbox 360 Elite available for pre-order online
I'm beginning to question the Xbox 360 Elite's value for money -- add on a couple of games and an extra controller and it's £40 more than the PS3
11 May 2007 in Digital Living
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2 May 2007 in News
News.blog: Updated Xbox 360 chips slated for autumn
The new 65nm chips reportedly run a lot more efficiently than those found in current Xbox 360s, writes News.com blogger Jeff Bakalar
29 Mar 2007 in News
Microsoft has announced a bigger, blacker version of the Xbox 360 -- the Xbox 360 Elite has a 120GB hard drive and HDMI capabilities. Here's what it looks like...
28 Mar 2007 in Reviews
I'm not that thrilled to learn that mere weeks after my purchase of an Xbox 360 there's going to be a new version featuring HDMI and a 120GB hard drive
26 Mar 2007 in Crave
Black Xbox 360 Elite: Strongly rumoured
Beige Xbox 360 owners will love this: apparently the release of a sexy black number with improved specs is imminent
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